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believe david petraeus was. our lives are literally at risk every day. and we count on intelligence agencies to protect us, to protect our cities, to protect our subways, our bridges, to protect our children. and david petraeus is not a bad guy to have as the tip of the spear. >> to have somebody that smart when so much of the war on terror is prosecuted by the cia, to have someone from the pentagon with his background move over to the cia and head that was incredibly lucky for the country because there are few other people who could've made that change, survived moving from one tough bureaucracy to another and be such a great intellectual and forward-thinking person about how to protect the united states. >> the other part of this, obviously, is petraeus' legacy in afghanistan, and being the author of the book on counterinsurgency in a literal sense, to what extent was the implications of that doctrine of the policy decisions that he was part of running up to this are going to be ultimately much, much more impo
believe david petraeus was. our lives are literally at risk every day. and we count on intelligence agencies to protect us, to protect our cities, to protect our subways, our bridges, to protect our children. and david petraeus is not a bad guy to have as the tip of the spear. >> to have somebody that smart when so much of the war on terror is prosecuted by the cia, to have someone from the pentagon with his background move over to the cia and head that was incredibly lucky for the...
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>> sure. >> we're going to begin this hour with david petraeus, general david petraeus in his sudden and unexpected resignation as director of the central intelligence agency on friday, citing an extramarital affair. this morning's "new york times" say high-up fbi officials were notified this summer that agents had uncovered a possible affair involving the new cia director. but according to "the times," no one outside the fbi was notified until last week because the investigation was not ready, and there were concerns over security breaches. some lawmakers are now calling for an inquiry into the fbi's handling of the case. chair of the senate intelligence committee, senator dianne feinstein, says she found out about the unfolding scandal through the media. >> we received no advance notice. it was like a lightning bolt. the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning, the staff director told me there were a number of calls from press about this. i called david petraeus. >> and are you going to investigate why the fbi didn't notify you before? >> yes, abso
>> sure. >> we're going to begin this hour with david petraeus, general david petraeus in his sudden and unexpected resignation as director of the central intelligence agency on friday, citing an extramarital affair. this morning's "new york times" say high-up fbi officials were notified this summer that agents had uncovered a possible affair involving the new cia director. but according to "the times," no one outside the fbi was notified until last week because...
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general david petraeus who was scheduled to testify today before he resigned now will testify tomorrow. what he learned from his own independent investigation into the benghazi attack. meanwhile, republican senators from the armed services committee including john mccain and lindsey graham are now calling for a, quote, watergate-style investigation into the libya raid and the obama administration's response to it. they also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the next secretary of state, describing her as unqualified for the job after she originally characterized the terror attack as a protest gone wrong. she went on the sunday shows including "meet the press" a couple days after the attack and said that. president obama in his news conference yesterday fired back at senators mccain and graham. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to g
general david petraeus who was scheduled to testify today before he resigned now will testify tomorrow. what he learned from his own independent investigation into the benghazi attack. meanwhile, republican senators from the armed services committee including john mccain and lindsey graham are now calling for a, quote, watergate-style investigation into the libya raid and the obama administration's response to it. they also said they would try to block any attempt to nominate susan rice as the...
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the jeweler call it had a priceless stone while david petraeus's wife call it had a start. >> ladies and gentlemen, there's news from the world of auction houses. news from the world of auction houses, christie's, last night auctioned off a 76-carat diamond. yep. i believe it was purchased by general petraeus for his wife. i believe. >> a huge story in the news right now, the general petraeus scandal. you all following that? oh, yeah. since general petraeus had an affair with his biographer, did you hear this, people are snapping up copies of the book. yeah. yeah, the book is available in hard cover and extremely hard cover. >> all right. morning. it's wednesday, november 14th. i'm mike barnicle in for joe, mika and willie. joining us on set nbc news peter alexander off the road covering the romney campaign. >> you forgot to shave. >> i know, i did, i woke up late and forgot. national affairs editor and political analyst john heilemann, "time" senior political analyst mark halperin and assistant editor and columnist for "the financial times," jillian tet. the contest for viewers to f
the jeweler call it had a priceless stone while david petraeus's wife call it had a start. >> ladies and gentlemen, there's news from the world of auction houses. news from the world of auction houses, christie's, last night auctioned off a 76-carat diamond. yep. i believe it was purchased by general petraeus for his wife. i believe. >> a huge story in the news right now, the general petraeus scandal. you all following that? oh, yeah. since general petraeus had an affair with his...
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the committee is scheduled to hear former cia director david petraeus give his testimony on the benghazi attack later this morning. senator, what will you be looking for? >> well, general petraeus brings a little different perspective to the committee this morning than what we had yesterday. we had the leaders from the intelligence community including acting cia director mike morrell and jim clapper, the dni, and others. the difference that we're looking for today is, general petraeus, obviously, was involved in making some of the key decisions. and we want to know what his thought process was. plus, he's the only member of the leadership team that has been back to libya since september 11. he was just there several days ago. being on the ground, he has a little bit different perspective. so we're going to be talking with him about that. >> hey, saxby, joe here. good to talk to you again. >> hey, joe. >> you know, susan rice, our u.n. ambassador, has been taking a lot of heat. john mccain, lindsey graham going after her for repeating what the president says was the intel that was availab
the committee is scheduled to hear former cia director david petraeus give his testimony on the benghazi attack later this morning. senator, what will you be looking for? >> well, general petraeus brings a little different perspective to the committee this morning than what we had yesterday. we had the leaders from the intelligence community including acting cia director mike morrell and jim clapper, the dni, and others. the difference that we're looking for today is, general petraeus,...
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that said, we still knew what success looked like when david petraeus achieved it in iraq. i think his mission was to get us out of iraq and he achieved it. >> was petraeus a great general? >> i think petraeus is a terrific general. >> what about tommy franks? >> i call him in my book a two-time loser. most generals only get a chance to screw up one bwar, he screwe up two -- afghanistan and iraq. here's a guy who thought it was a net gain to push al qaeda from afghanistan into pakistan, who thought it was a good idea to let osama bin laden escape. the cia said put a regiment of army rangers on the pak border to stop the escape and franks and donald rumsfeld said no. we could have gotten bin laden had they followed the cia's repeated request in late '01 to capture al qaeda. tony franks thinks capturing the enemy's capital is the end of the war. in both afghanistan and iraq, it was actually the beginning. >> what about colin powell? obviously one of the most well known generals for political reasons, as well as military reasons. how does he rank as a general? >> mixed. he's a
that said, we still knew what success looked like when david petraeus achieved it in iraq. i think his mission was to get us out of iraq and he achieved it. >> was petraeus a great general? >> i think petraeus is a terrific general. >> what about tommy franks? >> i call him in my book a two-time loser. most generals only get a chance to screw up one bwar, he screwe up two -- afghanistan and iraq. here's a guy who thought it was a net gain to push al qaeda from...
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petraeus' admitted affair, the time line of this fbi investigation, and when exactly the president was told about it. meanwhile, the white house says the president still has faith in general john allen, the current u.s. commander in afghanistan, who is now under investigation by the pentagon's inspector general from what officials skra as potentially inappropriate e-mails with one of the women directly involved in the case. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on an ever widening story. >> reporter: the scanndal involving two very different women, tampa social yate jill kelley, and petraeus biographer and former mistress paula broadwell ensnared not only petraeus but his successor. marine general john allen, who took over from petraeus in afghanistan, and is the president's choice to be supreme allied command earp of anywnato forces in aurp. a nomination now temporarily on hold. the general is married with a sterling record, but on a flight to australia monday night, aides to defense secretary leon panetta disclosed a dramatic turn in the petraeus case. fb
petraeus' admitted affair, the time line of this fbi investigation, and when exactly the president was told about it. meanwhile, the white house says the president still has faith in general john allen, the current u.s. commander in afghanistan, who is now under investigation by the pentagon's inspector general from what officials skra as potentially inappropriate e-mails with one of the women directly involved in the case. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on...